Dear friends, this is an open letter with regards to Ms. Brenda Fajardo’s current condition. Please feel free to repost the link or link the website to help our dear friend.

Thank you.

Dear Friends,

Our dear colleague and mentor, Brenda Fajardo recently had an angiogram which revealed four blocked arteries. She will need a bypass operation as soon as possible and if everything is in order, it will happen in the last week of March. The recent advice from her doctors in Cardinal Santos Medical Center approximates that she must prepare between P300,000 - P500,000 for the operation, even if she will be accommodated as a charity case. Additionally, 30 units of blood will be needed during the operation (which translates into 30 donors).

Taking account of her financial difficulties due to a prolonged illness and as victim of flooding from Ondoy last year, I would like to seek your help in raising funds for her bypass operation.

In consultation with Brenda, she has approved of the following fund-raising efforts:

1. Cheque or cash donation can be given at the UP Department of Art Studies, FC 2092 c/o Cecille de la Paz ( delapazcecilia@gmail.com) and Cherryl Navida (che_navida@yahoo.com)
2. Straight donation to her bank account in BPI Kamuning branch (SA# 3146 1400 63), account name is Brenda V. Fajardo. For monitoring purposes, please e-mail Eloi Hernandez eloindigoart@gmail.com the amount of your deposit and date of transaction.
3. Buy Brenda’s art work at Tin Aw Gallery c/o Dawn Atienza, cell phone # 0917-53413778 or email: info@tin-aw.com
4. Fund raising dinner called Dinner for the Heart of ”Ang Gaga” on March 16, 2010 (Tuesday), 7PM at the Upper East Restaurant in Makati City, P5,000 per plate. More information will be forthcoming in the next few days through Eloi Hernandez, but if you have questions, you may contact her at eloindigoart@gmail.com , OR cell phone # 09189088224.
you can read details about Dinner for the Heart of ”Ang Gaga” here:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=329048019297&ref=mf

5. Blood donation, please contact me, Eloi or Mary Joan Fajardo ( tel # 721-0091) to coordinate with the hospital that you are donating blood in her name. Brenda ‘s blood type is B+, but anyone can donate as long as you are cleared by the hospital.

We are also looking at other types of fund-raising, such as film showing in the coming months to help in the long-term needs of her condition. I will appraise you once we have ascertained the logistics. Other suggestions are also welcome.

Brenda has given a major portion of her life in serving the Department, the College and UP as a whole, with great dedication as artist, educator and administrator. I do hope that we are able to help her now as she faces this challenge.

Thank you.

Sincerely yours,

Cecille de la Paz